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jackelope:
My spey rod is a 9wt, it's just 14' long and it allows me to cast 100' of line. i have a 9wt single hander too, but it doesn't see much action. all the sleds on the sky are after chums if chums are in. whatever is pulling on the other end is what they are after whenever. the river gets pretty tough to handle with all the boats on the weekends when the humpies or chums are running, so we usually end up fishing on weekdays, but it's do able anytime. there are springers in there right now, but tough to get one on gear nevermind a flyrod.

boneaddict:
Do you gear fish as well, or only fly.  I'm 99% fly.  Every once in awhile I toss a jig at some steelies on the Methow for old times sake where I know there is a fish I can't present too.  A fish is a fish sometimes if you knwo what I mean.  I had a boat and tried gear on the columbia but never figured it out.  One of my other goals was to get Fletch to teach me how to catch a walleye.  Those are sort of hard on a fly, though I've done it on the Kettle.

jackelope:
i gear fish too. in fact lately i haven't really wanted to fly fish except for trout. i really like catching fish, so if i have a better chance at catching fish with gear then i will. i will not fish trout with gear at all, just flies. but salmon, steelhead, even bass  a lot lately with gear. i don't fish bait really at all, just jigs, spoons, spinners, etc. my latest  trout fishing rig is my gramp's old bamboo rod and a kalamazoo tackle company reel. it's very fun to fish but i freak out about breaking it. everybody says graphite is a lot more fragile than bamboo, so maybe i'll relax.

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